Divine Diva Zsa Zsa Padilla has not removed at home pictures of heartthrob Dingdong Dantes, ex-boyfriend of her daughter Karylle.

“Hindi ko alam kung napansin niya (Karylle) pero andun lang (kasi) wala akong time na tanggalin,” she told Manila Bulletin Online and other members of the press at the launch of her latest CD. “Andun sa loob ng kwarto namin ni Dolphy at sa labas. Si Dolphy ang nahiya at nagsabi sa akin na, ‘Huy, ba’t di mo pa tinatanggal yan?’”

She said that she and Dingdong has not met since he and Karylle broke up. If they do, she hopes it would be “a good encounter.”

“I have prayed for it to be so because I don’t want to create a scene. Sometimes kasi, napro-provoke pa ako, unlike Karylle,” she said.

Zsa Zsa thinks that the reason she has not prioritized on removing Dingdong’s pictures is that he was part of their family for some time.

“At saka ano namang gagawin ko sa mga pictures? Punitin ko?” she said. “Nawala lang talaga sa isip ko na itabi kasi wala akong time.”

She said that Karylle has “risen from all that;” unsurprisingly so, since Karylle has always been a gracious lady. She proudly said that Karylle can not be provoked to anger easily, and that she has always been intelligent in her speech and ways.

“Karylle carries herself really well. Actually, I’m so lucky with all my three girls. They are all intelligent and God fearing,” Zsa Zsa said.

The fruits didn’t fall far from the tree. When asked to comment on the Hayden Kho-Katrina Halili sex video controversy which involves Zsa Zsa’s friend, Dr. Viki Belo, the Divine Diva was careful not to add fuel to the fire.

“I think it’s a personal thing that got blown out of proportion. I feel sad that many people have been affected, and many more are trying to get into the picture. I believe the Senate should look into it, in the same way that I think there are other, more important things that they should also concern themselves with.”

 Zsa Zsa says she considers Viki as a friend and not just someone she endorses for.

“We’re more friends than anything. Viki and I don’t even have a contract for my being one of her endorsers. We have been to trips together, including Australia and South Africa. Yes, I am staying with Belo,” she said.

Loyalty is one thing that Zsa Zsa has been known for. Aside from staying with comedian Dolphy for more than two decades now even without the benefit of marriage, she also remembers fondly the record companies that helped her to become the superstar that she is.

To wit, her new album titled, “Unchanging Love” is under PolyEast Records where one of her longtime friends Chito Ilagan is A&R Director. Chito was the producer of Zsa Zsa’s first album which yielded the OPM classics “Mambobola” and “Point of No Return.”

“My friendship with Chito has endured through the years,” she said. “He always asks me when he would award their other artists at ‘ASAP,’ as to when I’m going to join the label he works for. And now Karylle is also with PolyEast Records. It’s blessed coincidence.”

“Unchanging Love” contains three original songs (“Iibigin Kitang Muli,” “Kung,” “Pagmamahal Na Walang Wakas”) and eight remakes including Wency Cornejo’s “Hanggang,” also the promotional single.  The CD package has a bonus minus-one disc in a specially designed package which Zsa Zsa says, explains why “(Adobe) Photoshop is my best friend!”

At 45 years old, the singer said she is more concerned on “my face looking fresh than being a size five.”

“We have to understand that this is a business where how an artist looks, impacts the public,” she said.

Zsa Zsa also ensured that she is presenting something fresh with her music.

“I had conscience effort to do something else, something new in this album. If before, the way I talk is the placement I use when I sing, now I use other techniques such as falsetto and head tone,” she said.

When asked which song in her new album she would sing on Karylle’s wedding if ever the latter has found the right man and has decided to wed, Zsa Zsa was a Queen who wanted her princess to have a happy ever after.

“It’s ‘Pagmamahal Na Walang Wakas’.”